Yeah, Scott Walker's Running

Scott Walker, the goggle-eyed homunculus hired by Koch Industries to manage their midwest subsidiary formerly known as the state of Wisconsin, has arranged to have a book published under his name. Check out the title. Also, check out the ghost he's hired.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has said he isn't ruling out running for president in 2016 - so naturally, he has a book in the works. Walker, a Republican who survived a recall attempt last year, is working with former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen to tell his story in Unintimidated: A Governor's Story and a Nation's Challenge.

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Hey, Fred Hiatt, does that mean that your resident torture-porn enthusiast will have to recuse himself from writing about the 2016 race? You can get back to me on that.

Thiessen is a high-end 'ho, and he's not going to go upstairs again with just anyone. He works only the caviar suites. He wouldn't be attaching himself to Walker if he didn't think Walker had a genuine shot and, on this, we happen to agree. He's running. The title says it all. Scott Walker is not afraid to stand strong against the power of kindergarten teachers who make $40,000 a year. He does not flinch in the face of angry environmentalists and inconvenienced owls in the northwoods. He is always firm in his convictions, especially with the Wisconsin capitol police behind him, and a nice office in which to hide.

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He's running, and everybody's sleeping on him, and I'm telling you that it's a mistake. He's got nothing to lose; his approval rating back home is beginning to drift southward so, by the mad logic of modern politics, it's time to take the act national. He made all the right enemies and, more important, he beat them all. Twice. Thiessen's going to overcome his disappointment that Walker didn't use a waterboard long enough to sell this guy pretty hard, I reckon.